#6D378B#6D378B

#6D378B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.140 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D378B
RGB	rgb(109, 55, 139)
HSL	hsl(279, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 60.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.66, 39.06, -37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.66, 54.01, 316.31°)
OKLab	oklab(44.48% 0.0933 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(44.48% 0.14 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3322, 7.8480, 25.2863)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D378B #558B37

analogous

#43378B #6D378B #8B377F

triadic

#6D378B #8B6D37 #378B6D

tetradic

#6D378B #8B4337 #558B37 #377F8B

square

#6D378B #8B4337 #558B37 #377F8B

split-complementary

#6D378B #7F8B37 #378B43

monochromatic

#281433 #4B265F #6D378B #8F48B7 #AA74C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#6D378B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#6D378B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D378B

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D378B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D378B	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#315089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A465B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d378b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 55, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.140 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9971ad',
    500: '#6d378b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d378b;
$custom-light: #9971ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d378b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4448,
    "c": 0.1403,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D378B

secondary

#85B16D

accent

#D35582

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2ECF4

border

#CCC7CE

text

#0E0810

muted

#7E7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D378B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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